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On International Women’s Day, five of the Lufthansa Group’s long-haul flights with (almost) entirely women-only crews head for New York • 63 women and one man are taking care of the passengers on board of the flights from Frankfurt, Munich, Geneva, Vienna, and Brussels. On March 8th, five flights of …

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Imagine a world where business travel is just as cozy — and convenient — as being at home or in your office. In this world, you can spend your time up in the air getting your work done, resting, relaxing or just indulging in some straight-up entertainment, all without ever …

Good news for airline passengers who get the heebie-jeebies when they walk into an airline lavatory: Boeing has invented a self-cleaning bathroom. The prototype announced by the aircraft manufacturer uses ultraviolet light that is triggered when the bathroom is unoccupied to kill germs in just three seconds. In the prototype, we …

For the second time in as many months, a federal lawmaker has pushed for minimum seat size standards on commercial planes to combat the airline industry’s efforts to shrink leg and hip room on U.S. flights. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) is the latest lawmaker to introduce an amendment to …

Mid-sized and regional airlines in the US are suffering from a pilot shortage that could threaten the health of the broader US aviation industry. The labor shortfall has led to canceled flights at carriers like Mesa Airlines and Silver Airways. That has hit smaller airports, such as in Redding, California, …

A leading helcopter operator in Nigeria, Bristow Helicopters got a reprieve today from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) which lifted its suspension of operation of operations of its Sirkorsky S-76 aircraft in the country. A report by the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the External Communications Manager, Julie King, …

A Saudi Airways pilot died of heart attack on board a flight from Bicha airport to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Saudi Airways director-general Saleh Nasser Al Jasser mourned the death of pilot Walid bin Mohammed Al Mohammed. According to Gulf Digital News report, co-pilot Rami Ghazi …

Emirates has bumped Qantas Airways out of the top spot for the world’s longest flight. Emirates took over the title Tuesday with the launch of its 8,819-mile nonstop route between Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Auckland, New Zealand. That drops Qantas’ 8,576-mile route between Dallas/Fort Worth and Sydney, Australia …

Electronic cigarettes are prohibited on any domestic or foreign airline flying to, from or within the United States under a final rule the government issued Wednesday. “This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted exposure to aerosol fumes that occur when electronic cigarettes are used onboard …